If you actually read the article, Cam said he was bumping up to 250 miles per month. Canadians count monthly mileage, not weekly, so this whole "Cam runs big mileage" is totally blown out of proportion. 250 miles a month is over 8 miles a day, which still might be too much for a 10k runner. I think years of strong running and consistent 150-190 mile months will give him the strength he needs to push it up to the 9 mile/day range, though.

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RE: Cam Says He May Experiment With 250mpw range1/15/2013 9:03AM - in reply to Er...

There's no way this is true, and I feel like a tool replying to an obvious troll. I did want to ask; would there be any benefits to running that type of huge mileage week? I'd think there would at least be something of a psychological shift when he returned to his normal mileage. Of course, that would probably be balanced out by the overruse injuries he'd sustain a few weeks later.

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RE: Cam Says He May Experiment With 250mpw range1/15/2013 9:25AM - in reply to Mileage Maniac

Yes, mileage does have an upper limit. The thing to do if you're really serious about your running is to find out what that limit is and stop there. But no one knows where that limit is for any given runner until they hit it. In Levins' case, he's raced faster every time he's run more so it's not illogical to continue running more until he's convinced that won't bring about more improvements.It's true that not very many people run 250 mile weeks. That's also true for 150 mile weeks. That's not a reason not to do such weeks. That said, I'm not sure how seriously I take the original post.